Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Where have I been?!

Hello fellow bloggers & blog readers,
Where have I been for the past 8 months? No, I've not forgotten you, sometimes life just gets so busy and the months zoom by.
Have I been creative? I sure have .... on a big scale .... hubby and I have created our own new home, built by us with blood, sweat and a few tears, sometimes of joy, sometimes of relief, and sometimes of sheer exhaustion, but its all been worth it.  We're in, and loving every minute of it.
This was the beginning - what used to be our workshop
and now this is it  - a home.
The view from the street.
There's still some titivating to do with the front wall, which needs rendering, and the pickets replacing, and the lawn tidying up ... and, and, and .... there's always something that will need doing for a while yet, but its liveable and completed inside.
Unfortunately the sewing/textile side has had to take a back seat, but I have managed to spend a few hours in the evenings to work on finishing some UFO's.
One of them in this Jenny McWhinney Camel blanket which I started in 2003 - how slack is that!?  Ten years to finish it, but I'm sure there's many of you out there with similar UFO's shoved in cupboards or drawers and forgotten about - its never too late to dig them out and work on them.  
I'm patting myself on the back for finishing the stitching, but I've still got to complete the blanket - I'm trying to find a suitable backing fabric with a bit of "oomph" and all the right colours.  I'm sure I'll find it sooner or later. 


More finished UFO's to come in the next post.


10 comments:

  1. Oh Julie, it's so lovely to have you back!! I've so missed your posts! And what can I say, your Camel Embroidery is just stunning, wow.

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  2. How lovely to see you back, and what an amazing achievement your house looks wonderful.
    I love the camel blanket, your embroidery is so beautiful. My worst UFO is a jacket started in 2000, I'll finish it one day, good job it's a classic.

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    1. Thanks Sharon, I'd love to see your jacket - finished, of course, lol !!

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  3. Congratulations on completing your house, an amazing achievement and that camel is just gorgeous!

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    1. thank you so much Lin, and welcome to my blog, so lovely to have you follow me.

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  4. A couple of many talents!! Welcome back too!! :-)

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    1. Thanks Amanda, its good to be back in the land of blog.

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  5. Welcome back! The hard work you have done on your new home must be so worth it, it looks lovely and hopefully you can now enjoy it.
    Sarah x

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    1. Thanks Sarah, I sometimes look back now in amazement that we did the things we did. Its proof that anyone can do anything if they put their minds to it.

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